Monday, July 25, 2016

This week at Sauvie Island Farms, we have THREE varieties of Peach ripe and ready to pick.

Red Haven, Hale-Havens and Rosas are all tree ripened and ready to come off the trees.These peaches are all excellent flavor and great for fresh eating or canning.For berries on the farm, we have a huge crop of Blue Crop blueberries ripe and ready to be picked.The Chester blackberries are starting to sweeten up. Our raspberry and marionberry season is over for this year.Veggies: green beans, pickling cukes, cabbage, kale, zucchini, lettuce, cauliflower, broccoli, slicing and lemon cucumbers. Also beautiful Dill and Basil.U-cut flowers...so many of blooming; Dahlias, Zinnias, Cosmos, Glads, Amaranthus, Bachelor Buttons, several types of Sunflowers.It's a great time to come out to the farm!We are open Monday-Saturday 8am-7pm.

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

It's time to pick Red Haven Peaches at Sauvie Island Farms.The orchard is loaded with beautiful tree ripened peaches this week. U-pick for only $1.50 per lb. The price drops to $1.25 per lb if you pick over 15 lbs. and to just $1.00 per lb if you pick over 50 lbs.

On the farm this week, we also have beautiful Blue Crop Blueberries. The bushes are loaded with larger size, sweet fruit right now. They are so easy to pick, and so good for you.

We are at the end of the season for raspberries, but you can still find some in the Saanich and Cohos.Just a handful of Chester blackberries have started to ripen if you want to get the first taste of the season. Marionberry season is over and the yellow raspberries need a few weeks to ripen up again.Pick Your Own berries are $2.50 per lb. We have fresh pick flats of blueberries and raspberries each day, until the raspberries are all finished up.Veggies this week: we have a young patch of green beans, small sized pickling cukes, dill, cabbage, lettuce, kale, broccoli, peas, & zucchini